Google’s Debated Penalties & Filters Roundup

Over the years, there have been dozens if not hundreds, of theories on possible Google penalties and filters being used in the Google ranking algorithms. Joe Whyte provides an excellent roundup of many of those filters and penalties that the search forums have debated over the years. I am not getting into the debate on if these filters or penalties exist and I won’t say if his “workarounds” work. Here is a listing of the what he comes up with: